I just spent over 2 hours on the phone with the IRS trying to verify my name got changed correctly. It didn't! And the final conclusion: I need to call the SSA so they can push it to them. I'm pretty sure this is going to another round of "The Great American Point the Finger at the Other Guy".
I played that game for a couple of months between the SSA and Medicare. I'd call Medicare because the gender was wrong on my Medicare card and they would tell me I had to contact Social Security. I went into their office and they even showed me on the computer screen that I was "F" and told me the problem was on Medicare's end. I would call them and they would insist the problem was on Social Security's side.
I can't even remember how many phone calls it took until a wonderful woman at Medicare finally dug into it, found the problem and fixed it. It took her well over an hour!
I fear that now I'm going for round 2. Government bureaucracy and computers, it's a marriage made in HELL!!! Which reminded me of this song from "A Star is Born (1976)". The lyric video is very fun!
YouTube (lyrics): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=shA7ghp59L0
YouTube (movie): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ptr9vCKpbrA
YouTube (album): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBsN-stex9o
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